Loading bttv module at boot?

[Rick Stevens]

John L. Pierce wrote:
> I have tried just about every combination of inserting the bttv driver
> when the system boots, to no avail.
> 
> If I modprobe bttv, the modules loads and /dev/video0 is created and the
> tv card works fine.
> 
> My current modprobe.conf file follows:
> 
> 
> -- alias eth0 via-rhine
> alias snd-card-1 snd-au8810
> #install snd-au8810 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-au8810 && /usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
> remove snd-au8810 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-au8810
> alias usb-controller ehci-hcd
> alias usb-controller1 uhci-hcd
> # bttv
> options bttv card=10 radio=0 tuner=39
> alias char-major-81 bttv
> alias char-major-81-0 bttv
> 
> I would really like to have this driver load at boot so I can have
> Mythtv backend start and record programs if my system had a restart
> for whatever reason.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

The easiest way is to insert a "modprobe bttv" in your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local script.
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